Before, women were not as strong or opinionated as a man. They didn’t speak up very much and played their role as a wife. When a woman wants to speak up or has an opinion guys don’t like they are portrayed as a bitch, or it may even be said that they are bitchin. “These days the word bitch is as loaded as the term feminist-both are lobbed at uppity ladies who dare to speak up and who don't back down” (Humphrey p26). She then goes on to talk about how this is not to say that bitch is down with being gratuitously mean or catty; no, we just know that taking a stand is usually more important than being nice.
"If she'd been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose I’d have done it. But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself I couldn't be sorry for her." Priestley does this to show how flawed and corrupt the class system, supporting his socialist ideas and opinions. However by doing this Priestley also shows us that behind closed door the privileged personalities and morels are tarnished and are at a point where jealousy has become a justifiable reason to throw a girl out of her job without any regard to where she will go or her current
However the traditional role of femininity that was enforced upon women by a stringent and somewhat vigorous society was changing and these two texts challenge the traditional role of femininity both directly and indirectly throughout. The lack of communication and action of characters in As I Lay Dying is often conspicuous. As one would expect, this often leads to an obscuring of identity for both the female protagonists alongside males. Addie is scathing of words in particular. For her, they are just a “shape to fill a lack”.
Sexism does still exist in the workplace today, not only for women but for men too, although modern day sexism is less obvious, more subtle, and harder to put your finger on. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (amended in 1991) prohibits an employer from discriminating with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin (Wiener, 2010). Women have always struggled with sexism since women first began to join the workforce. When women were starting to work in similar jobs as men, they were being paid significantly less than their male counterparts were. “In the article Complainant behavioral tone, ambivalent sexism, and perceptions of sexual harassment” it seeks to point out recent changes to these laws to help place what is sexual harassment.
Instead of using a regular “okay”, Vernon inserts an “OK” to show her sarcastic anger towards one of her colleagues who disagrees with her opinion. You can tell she is immediately annoyed with peoples lack of respect of her opinion. With the emotion she is trying to get him to agree or even just compromise with the fact she wants nothing to do with having a child. By using such a strong emotion like anger she is adding passion to the argument; angry words like scold, attacks, selfless and deconstructed add fuel to the passage by giving the readers a feeling to have instead of just being neutral and it helps the readers gain an emotional tie and move over to “her side”. Having the readers believe she has a right to her own opinion right of the bat gives the author, Vernon, an upper-hand moving on to the rest of the article.
Reality would support the opposite, that it is in fact the traits that support the individual. For once chauvinism may actually have worked in favor of women. By forcing women into the supporting roles, society likely gave them exactly what they needed to become successful in ways men cannot. "Women took on the roles of parent, housekeeper, teacher, mediator, bookkeeper, police, plumber, chef, etc. (Women and Work Human Resources comments all while still maintaining the illusion of grace, style and gentility.
Additionally, basing the discrimination on the fact that women have periods and might see a man naked or be seen naked trivializes the desire these women have to be the best and to be recognized for it. These women have been in less than ideal conditions, as have their male counterparts and the minor adjustments that are made don’t seem to cause mission failures or lasting psychological damage. Additionally, speaking to the idea of how our nation feels about women killing or being killed in combat, I have to point out that women’s lives are no more or less valuable than men’s are. As the mother of sons, I don’t feel one bit different about my son dying in combat than anyone else would feel about their daughter doing the same. I believe very strongly in a woman’s right to choose what is right for her and her family.
Sometimes some cultures take it a step further and force the idea on women making them believe that they have no sense of free will in a man’s world; the product of this is women who lead lives full of resentment, sorrow, and frustration. Some may argue that it works both ways and it would be same if a man is born into a family of pure women siblings, hypothetically they would be correct if society was fair and had a sense of equality, sadly that is not the case. Even if a boy is born into a women subjugated society, somehow a way would be found to make men seem better than women. Arguments like, even the word female has the word male in it; can be used to make women seem less than men. This society is ethically ill and has no appreciation for the woman figure, that being said, Cisneros is able to bring that hidden truth to light and show readers that women struggle for appreciation, approval, or just acceptance from the moment they are born.
Another assumption is that women often took jobs for the wrong reasons (Gunn and Gullickson, 2007). That statement suggests that Karen’s gender may have been the reason she did not recognize her motivator instead of the fact that she may have just never thought about it. If a person obtains a job that will not gratify their main motivator then that person will be unsatisfied with their job. By making this assumption the article also implies that most women are not satisfied at work .Even though assumptions are drawn from this article, there are a few hypotheses made by the Pursuit of Unhappiness. Hypotheses, Variable, and Operational Definitions One hypothesis
The loss of peripheral vision was unnerving, and she did not like the suffocating way the pleated cloth kept pressing against her mouth” (65). Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns” focuses on the plight of women in Afghan society. It is in this society that the burqa is used as a symbol of both the repressive nature of male dominance and the suffocating effects of submission. Much like in the novel “Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, women are seen only for their reproductive purposes. They are only considered a means by which to pass on the family name and business, not as loving caring individuals.